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Ursula Andress is often considered the first Bond girl, playing Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No (1962). She was, however, preceeded by Eunice Gayson who played the character Sylvia Trench. Trench is the only Bond girl to appear as the same character in more than one film, appearing again in From Russia with Love (1963). Initially, Trench was planned to be a regular girlfriend of Bond's in the series, but was subsequently ...

Bond girl: Encyclopedia II - Bond girl - History

Bond girl - History

Ursula Andress is often considered the first Bond girl, playing Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No (1962). She was, however, preceeded by Eunice Gayson who played the character Sylvia Trench. Trench is the only Bond girl to appear as the same character in more than one film, appearing again in From Russia with Love (1963). Initially, Trench was planned to be a regular girlfriend of Bond's in the series, but was subsequently dropped after the encore appearance.

To date, only one Bond girl has captured the heart of James Bond. Tracy di Vicenzo played by Diana Rigg, marries Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). At film's end, Tracy Bond is gunned down by 007's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld. It was initially planned that her death would actually occur in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), but this idea was dropped during filming of On Her Majesty's Secret Service when current-Bond George Lazenby announced he would step down from the role.

Within the official series, Maud Adams is the only actress to portray a main character as two different Bond girls, starting with The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and again as the title character in Octopussy (1983). She additionally appears as an extra in a third Bond film, A View to a Kill in 1985. Two other girls, Martine Beswick (Thunderball) and Nadja Regin (Goldfinger) also appear in a second adventure, appearing first in From Russia with Love. When counting unofficial Bond films, Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again, there are a number of other girls who have also played more than one girl. Ursula Andress, for instance returns in 1967 to play Vesper Lynd in the unofficial spoof, Casino Royale as do a number of other girls who played minor characters such as Angela Scoular (On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Casino Royale (1967)), and Valerie Leon (The Spy Who Loved Me and Never Say Never Again)

In 1995, Famke Janssen portrayed Xenia Onatopp, who is considered the only major female character (and villain) whom Bond does not bed.

Becoming more frequent, traditional Bond girls that have romantic trysts with Bond, are later discovered to be villainesses such as Sophie Marceau's Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Miranda Frost played by Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day.